The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-12-28
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.


S. T. Bowen Of Battle Creek. was in town
last Saturday.
John Caleb of Buchanan, is in town visit
ing his many friends.
See DIR. Shellmans advertisement of OPP
tical goods in another column.
Miss Mamie Koons is spending holiday
week with friends in Chicago
Read Bartram & Millington's new adver-
tisement. 1t will interest you.
Bert Kelly of Lawrence. visited his relatives
in this village last Friday and Saturday.
Frank Davey, son of Joseph Dayey Esq,
will be married to-day at Quincy, Mich
The NoRTHERNER presents its compliments
and wishes Happy New Year" to y0u.
There will be a business meeting of the
Christian church next Saturday at 1870 p. m
Geo. Sherman and Frank Warren were in
attendance al the funeral OF Mr. Alonzo
Sherman.
Little Leo Warner son of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. L. Warner, has the diptheria but seems
to be recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Doyle of Ann Arbor,
are enjoying a holiday visit among their
Paw Paw friends.
Al. Stevenson, who has been egnaged in
the hedge business in Iowa. came home to
spend the holidays.
The regular monthly temperance meeting
that was to be held next Sunday evening,
has been postponed.
Mr.. James Hazard and Mr.. Al. Mcdonald
of Hamin, n. Y, are visiting relatives In
Paw Paw and Lawrence.
Will Clancy was the lucky chap who got
that beautiful case of silver plate given away
by Bartram ~ Millington.
Mr.. and Mrs Percy Lindsey of Fort
Wayne, Ind, were among the holiday visi
tors to our pleasant village.
Mr.. d. Wecher of jackson, was in town
last Monday calling on old friends, one of
which is the TRUE NoRTHERNER.
The appointment of Postmaster Mackellar
of this village has been confirmed by the
senate of the United States. Pete is all right
now.
Among the former Paw Paw boys who
were here during the holiday week, we
noticed Jim Clancy Marks John Clancy
and Bert Bryar.
Capt. B. IL. Dyckman of South Haven was
in attendance at the funeral of the late
Alonzo Sherman.
Number seven took that elegant fourteen
dollar dressing case at Longwelfs. The
number was owned jointly by Lon Libby
and Harry Longwell.
Mr.. j. l.. Showerman, proprietor of the
Clifton House. is badly crippled with a
stitch in his back. Tough, Emery, and we
hope it will not last long.
1t was eleven acres of ground from which
Ebert Barker raised 500 bushels of pota-
toes, and not five as we enormously stated
We misunderstood our informant.
Bobby Chapman, formerly the liliputian
| typo of the NoRTHERNER, came home on Sat
urday last to enjoy the merry Christmas
time with his relatives and friends.
G.. +. Young returned on Saturday last
from his trip to the west. He reports him
self as gratifed with the outlook in the por-
ton of the country where he is located.
Reports are III circulation that Stan. Briggs
is giving lessons in the art of tripping the
Fantastic hoof' at Decatur. The boys all
say that Stanley is immense in that line.
The Lawrence Times advertises it's sub
scription price as 500 a year. AS partial
compensation for such a great advance in
price. it promises that it will be better than
ever during 1888.
typographical error III the sketch relat-
ing TO the life and death of j. X. Bangs
published in last weeks NoRTHERNER, gave
the date of his coming to Michigan as 1888
| il should have read 1854.
Election of officers Of Paw Paw encamp-
ment, /. .. q. T., next Wednesday eveng g, and
of Paw Paw lodge, /. .. o. f., next Friday
evening. full attendance of the members
is desired on each occasion.
That king of Michigan weeklies, the
Grand Traverse Hcrdid, issued a wonderfully
fine Christmas souvenir To its subscribers
Traverse city is a business town, and the
Herdid is fit representative of the place.
Prof. Arthur F. Webster, principal of the
public schools at Mason, Mich, was in town
during the holidays visiting his grandmother,
Mrs. Mary A. Hayes and other relatives. He
made apleasant call at the NoRTHERNER office.
For fine printing come to the office of the
TRUE NoBTHERNER. No office i'll the county
is better equipped for doing good work and
no Office turns out finer work. Give us a
call if you want anything in the printing
line.
Sleighs and cutters made their appearance
on our streets for the first time on Friday
last. There was q little more snow during
the night and some sleighing was done on
Saturday. The slipping was rather poor,
though.
Elder w. J. Russell, late pastor of the
Christian church of this village, now pastor
of the sixth Christian church AT Iudianapo-
lis, Ind, has been chosen TO represent But
Ter college in the coming Indiana state
oratorical contest